Chapter Two
Carla stepped up in the court to say what happened that awful night. She was nervous and frightened.
"Mrs Connor, can you please give your versions of events from 19th September 2011?" she was asked.
She looked at Peter and he gave her a wink as if to say everything will be alright. She then turned to look at the jury. 'What if they don't believe me?' she thought.
"Mrs Connor?" she was asked.
"Oh yeah, sorry" Carla replied.
"Well, for a while before the wedding I had been having doubts about marrying Frank. We had just got back from Italy and as soon as we landed he was talking about big houses, kids and then shortly after he proposed. He wanted everything too soon for me and I felt trapped. Then the night before the wedding, I told Frank I couldn't marry him. He got angry and drove away from the factory. A few hours later I went back to the flat and he was just there. He was really angry and he started accusing me of all sorts.. Having an affair and sleeping with another man.. And I never did any of that things! I just couldn't marry Frank! He wanted it all too soon for me." Carla said.
"And Frank's saying you were having an affair with Peter Barlow. Is that right?" the judge asked her.
"That's what he's saying but me and Peter are just friends. Nothing more." She said, knowing she was lying through her teeth.
"Well, how would you explain this?" the judge said, showing the court a photo of Carla and Peter passionately kissing that a private investigator that Frank had hired to spy on them had took.
Everyone's faces fell and the looks said everything. Carla worriedly looked at Peter. She knew this changed everything…